Wind-shield.



E. MEIER.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.21. 1911.

. 1 002,071 Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ATTORNEYS E. MEIER.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.21. 1911.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

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ATTIZ'R VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT oFri'oE.

. "EARNEST MEIER, OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

WIND-SHIELD.

Specification or Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 29,1911, Applicationfiled March 21, 1911. Serial No. 615,905. 7 v

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARNEST MEIER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of La Crosse, in the county of LaCrosse and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new 'andImproved VVind-Shield, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates generally to wind shields for use on automobiles,and more particularly it relates to an adjustable shield which isespecially adapted to protect the radiator of themachine from the windwhile the machine is in use, thereby tending to prevent the water in thesaid radiator freezing. v

The object of my invention is to provide a. simple shield of the classdescribed made up of anumber of interfittin partswhich may beeasilyadjusted relatively to each other, whereby the shield may beadapted to different automobiles.

Reference is to. be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specificatiomin which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in whic Figure 1 is a frontvlew of an'automoblle fitted withmy wind shield; Fig. 2 is a sectionalView thereof, on the line 22 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3is a vertical sectionalview thereof, on the line 3-3 of Fig.2; Fig; 4 is a vertical sectionalview, on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

My device is made up of the lower supporting frame member 1 havinup-turned end portions 2, 3, the end portions 4, 5, of the supportingframe being offset horizontally and each provided with an-opening 6,

7 ,adapted to engage the main-frame members8, 9, of an automobile, bymeans of nuts or bolts 10, 11, whereby the device may be held inposition in front of the radiator, as

- shown in Fig. 1. This supporting member l is made up of twosubstantially similar parts 12, 13, each provided with a longitudinallyextended opening 14, 15, through.

which a bolt 16, provided with a winged nut 17, is adapted to pass,thereby providing.

for extension of this supporting member in order to adapt it todifferent sized machines.

Extending vertically from each end of the supportmg member 1 andadjacent the v end portions 2, 3, thereof are the upri hts 18, l9, eachprovided with a longitudlnal slot 20. 21, and each of these uprightshaving a shield portion 22, 23, carried thereby,

- with a i and each being also comiected to the end portions of thesupportingmember 1, one of the shield portions, hqwever, being slightlyofit'set relatively to the other, wherebyas vthe bolt 16 and nut 17 areloosened these two portions may slide relatively to each other and befixed in different positions, the centrally extending member 24' withthe angularly extending end 25 being held in position on'the supportingmember 1 by means of this bolt and nut engaging theret-hrough, thepurpose of the member 24 being to hold the four shield portions 22, 23,previously mentioned, and 26, 27, in engagement at approximately acentral portion of the shield whereby the passage of wind through theshield and against themdiator is prevented;

The upper portion of the shield is-made provided 'With the overturnedend portion 28, 29 and each being further provided longitudinallyextendin slot 30, 31, these two portions beingmova le relatively to eachother the same as the portions 22,

up of the two shield portions 26, 27, each 23,-whereby the size of theshield is varied.

In orderto securely hold the portions 26, 27, relativelyto each other, abolt 32 and winged nut 33 are provided, the bolt passing through theslots 30, 31. The construction thus far set forth provides for awindshield, the size of which may be varied longitudinally;'in order toprovide a shield which I shall also be adjustable vertically, I haveprovided the opposite ends of the portions 26, 27, with extending bolts34, 35, passing through the slots 20, 21, the bolts 34, 35 be-'ingmovable up and down within these openings and parts of the shieldportions 26, 27, adjacent opposite ends, being included within channels36, 37, formed by bending the inner end of the members 38 and 39, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

From the description above set forth, it will be seen that Ihaveprovided a novel wind shield which is especially adapted to beattached to the under frame of the automobile adjacent its front end andin front of the radiator,'the reby tending to prevent the water thereinfrom freezing by shielding the radiator from the cold blasts while themechine is in use. p

It is also a parent that while I have shown my shielll made up of fourportions movable relatively to each other, whereby the size of theshield as a whole may be varied, that different numbers of portions maybe used, thereby adapting it for use on larger or smaller cars, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as set forth in thefollowing-claim.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- Y ters Patent by each part,uprights carried by the said supporting member, the said uprights beingeach provided with a slot, a horizontally extendingTnember made upof twoparts movable relatively to each other, each part having a threaded endportion engaging in one of the said slots in the uprights and eachprovided with a shield, means engaging each of the last-named partswhereby they may be held in fixed relation, all of the said shieldsbeing movable relatively to one another whereby the size of the shieldas a whole may be varied, the said supporting member'being provided withend portions adapted to engage the frame of an automobile whereby theshield may be supported adjacent the radiator thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses,

EARNEST MEIER.

Witnesses I C. W. HUNT, E. G. LANN.

